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Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Sanchez01: 8:42am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Kennyswagz1:Same thing. Ijaws either along coastlines or on rivers. Interestingly, you tend to have petroleum pipes along coastlines and they tend to take advantage of this. Prior to illegal oil bunkering in the South West, it was a regular in the Niger Delta, and since Ijaws migrate more than other ethnic groups of the Niger Delta, the practice migrated with them as a secondary means of survival, besides fishing. From riverine areas in Lagos, particularly along Mile 12 to Ikorodu and Ese Odo in Ondo State, to Delta, etc... It's the same. Some so-called oil spill and not the works of oil companies. A reasonable amount of them is caused by illegal oil bunkers. As far back as 1991, in Mile 12, we would see fishes in rivers floating belly up and struggling and this is after the Ijaw dudes in the area had returned from their illegal bunkering activities. 2 Likes |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Kennyswagz1(m): 8:52am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Sanchez01:ok |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by izubext007: 9:14am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Plz Nairaland Respond : Izon |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Nobody: 9:15am On Nov 30, 2019 |
YolobaMuslim:Are you stupid?? Did you even read my previous post, or are you high on cheap drug?? |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Nobody: 9:26am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Datazone:What if I'm an ijaw or not?? Why are you bothered because the OP stated ijaws are the 4th largest tribe?? Is this giving you sleepless night?? What is yet to be confirmed by the federal government?? If I were you I'd politely dispute that statement... instead of trying to turn this thread into an ijaw hate thread |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by bobwizzy1(m): 9:44am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Hmm 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by MyVILLAGEpeople(m): 9:48am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Kuginzi:So it's now ijaw people dat is holding ur Biafra 1 Like |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by PAQ(m): 9:59am On Nov 30, 2019 |
ochukoccna: This is history, worthy of being on the frontpage. I guess you will rather have Tacha, Mercy or Wiz kid pressing some ones ass on frontpage! 1 Like |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by MyVILLAGEpeople(m): 10:08am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Sanchez01: wooow So Sowore is Ijaw Apoi?? like seriously?? 1 Like |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Kuginzi: 10:11am On Nov 30, 2019 |
MyVILLAGEpeople:You're not serious |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by MyVILLAGEpeople(m): 10:11am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Datazone: Aunty is your post so full with insults?? Y don't u check it out on Google. |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Sanchez01: 10:16am On Nov 30, 2019 |
MyVILLAGEpeople:There is misconception about Sowore being Yoruba just because he is from Ondo State. It's so wrong. The Ijaw Apoi tribe is an interesting one as they are said to have traveled first to Ilé Ifè before getting to Ondo. 2 Likes |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Nobody: 10:18am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Psalm4kute:There's nothing there to dispute. Your guy made a statement without proof(s), I countered the statement. Yet you said I should do what? Can't you see your level of bias? You all should show us proof(s) that Ijaws are the fourth largest or forever remain shut. You all just make up stories to feel good, over 99% of Nigerians don't know the fourth largest tribe in Nigeria. So don't come up with beer parlour talks with the hope that all Nigerians are stupid. 1 Like |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Nobody: 10:19am On Nov 30, 2019 |
MyVILLAGEpeople:There's nothing to check on Google. I know this before I turned 11. It is you who need to check what I said to ascertain the authenticity. |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by midnighter(f): 10:20am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Sanchez01: Are you sure he didnt purposely leave it ambiguous in order to avoid associations with Jonathan? Politically, its safer for him to resemble Yoruba |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Sanchez01: 10:24am On Nov 30, 2019 |
UniportAgbero:This is so wrong. The Benin Kingdom had the first contact (1485) and the Europeans were specifically Portuguese. Lagos second and the creeks of the Delta third. Lagos had its name in 1472 (Portuguese, meaning Lakes), which means that the South West had contact even before the Benin Kingdom did. Plus, the Ijaw ethnic group isn't the fourth largest in Nigeria. The claim over time was political and it remains unknown who holds the spot. Beer parlour gossip claim Fulani are spreading on purpose hold this spot. 1 Like |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Sanchez01: 10:33am On Nov 30, 2019 |
midnighter:Sowore has never been political. Plus the Ijaws understand the variations within them perfectly. South-Western Ijaws found in Ese Odo LG in Ondo State today, though Niger Deltan, don't necessarily see themselves as brothers with those in the South South. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they hate themselves. They are more clannish than the Igbos. Those in the South South see those in the South West as mixed blood, which is where the 'full born' gist of the OP emanated from. Those in Edo don't necessarily see themselves as kindred with those in Delta, Rivers and even Bayelsa. Everyone faces their business and only see those around them. Recall Dickson recently referred to a certain LG in Bayelsa as not being real Ijaws and they very well protested by voting against his candidate. That gives you an idea of the clannish nature of the Ijaw man. In the case of Sowore and Jonathan, it was more of activism and angst than political. |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by MyVILLAGEpeople(m): 10:36am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Datazone: Atleast it's on Google. Can u now show me ur own source aunty.
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Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by Nobody: 10:47am On Nov 30, 2019 |
MyVILLAGEpeople:The Tiv and Kanuris are larger than the Ijaws. It was Jonathan who imposed that mentality on you guys and twisted the media that you're that fourth. Before Jonathan, who knew Ijaws existed? Calabar people were known in Nigeria unlike the Ijaws. You guys are minority claiming relevance. Every source that points to Ijaws being the fourth largest came during and after Jonathan's election as President, why? www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/fourth-largest-ethnic-group-marginalizing-us-orchivirigh-professor-james-tells-govt An argument on Nairaland: https://www.nairaland.com/2918049/fourth-largest-ethnic-group-nigeria Read the screenshot below and see that Bayelsa is not a complete Ijaw state, there are Urhobos and Isoko who are native of Bayelsa. There are no Ijaws in akwaibom. Ijaws are a small group of people in the riverine area, it was Jonathan who brought them to limelight 1 Like
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Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by midnighter(f): 10:55am On Nov 30, 2019 |
The truth is that until people stop manipulating census figures, we wont know who is how much in Nigeria. The other factor is ethnic cohesion. Do we count Ibibios and Efiks together? Do Kalabari, Okrika and Izon see themselves as part of the main Ijaw collective? Are Urhobo and Isoko interchangeable terms? Most of those Niger Delta groups are too disparate to make a sizeable collective political impact. As for me I was under the impression that the Ibibios were the 4th largest group in Nigeria...I stand to be corrected... |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by RexTramadol1: 11:56am On Nov 30, 2019 |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by EmptyCoconutHead(m): 12:30pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
technicallyrich:they're are not. my colleagues here is Kalabari and each time I bring up the ijaw issue, she flairs up. also Kalabari are not part of your useless biafra |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by EmptyCoconutHead(m): 12:32pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
MyVILLAGEpeople:Sowore is from the ijaw speaking part of Ondo state. you thought he was Yoruba? |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by MyVILLAGEpeople(m): 12:33pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
EmptyCoconutHead: Just knowing dat now. I never knew he was Ijaw Apoi |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by EmptyCoconutHead(m): 12:35pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
midnighter:4th largest group if u combine them with Efiks, Annangs and Oron to form AkwaCross. by the way what are u doing in this intellectual section? your brain capacity won't be able to hold the intellectual discourse that is being interacted here. go to the romance section na there ur mates dey |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by EmptyCoconutHead(m): 12:38pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
MyVILLAGEpeople:maybe that's why the Yoruba nation are so reluctant to take up his case Sha cos they feel it's not one of them so it's more of an ijaw fight to propagate for the release of their son |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by midnighter(f): 12:41pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
EmptyCoconutHead: That AkwaCross thing is purely academic. You people dont allow anybody to count you as one Even Oron, Eket and Annang dont like being counted with Ibibio, as similar as they all are How will they consolidate their political power and leverage it against more populous tribes when their bonds are so loose? This is the problem with the South-South |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by MyVILLAGEpeople(m): 12:47pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
EmptyCoconutHead: But he is more closer to the Yorubas than the Ijaw nation. Besides he associates himself to them more. Are u sure one of his parents ain't Yoruba?? |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by midnighter(f): 12:48pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
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Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by EmptyCoconutHead(m): 12:55pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
midnighter:
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Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by midnighter(f): 1:16pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
Sanchez01: Noted. But I still think he has been able to coast over some difficulties by identifying more with the south-west rather than the south-south Plus I dont see how you can say that a presidential candidate has never been political. At least there are some games they play to influence the electorate. I have never for once seen him in distinguishing Ijaw attire or even that Fedora hat. Or Ondo Ijaws dont wear that |
Re: Myths, Realities of Ijaws in Destiny with Rivers by April4th(m): 1:18pm On Nov 30, 2019 |
Aaaaaah Izon 1 Like |
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